Douglas Blessing, Port Harcourt
The Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Major General Barry Ndiomu (retd) has been advised to stop the alleged ongoing harassment of PAP’s members of staff, following the leakage of confidential documents by the amnesty office.
A group, under the auspices of the Niger Delta Civil Servants Congress (NDCSC), gave the advice on Monday, in a statement signed by its leader Wisdom Bonfieme, and made available to journalists in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The group alleged that Ndiomu resorted to confiscating mobile phones of workers, thereby subjecting employees to harsh working environment.
Bonfieme said: “We have a painful circular with us which suggests that Ndiomu actually stopped members of staff from using their phones in the Program’s premises.
“Some members of staff, who spoke with us on grounds of anonymity expressed sadness at the development and how the environment is being run highhandedly and that they work in hostile environment.
“We call on Ndiomu to behave as a leader and accept the responsibility for the leakage. He shouldn’t push his shortcomings to the innocent members of staff serving our fatherland.
“We read reports by groups, who accused Ndiomu of leaking the documents to support the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its Governorship Candidate in the forthcoming Bayelsa election.
“But that is not our concern, our concern is for Ndiomu to accept his lapses and stop intimidating Nigerian workers with soldiers”.
Bonfieme said his group would be forced to officially report the matter to the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) if he failed to apologise to the workers.
He said: “We call on Ndiomu to offer an unreserved apology to Nigerian Workers, especially its civil service lest we write to the Labour Unions to seek justice”.
